The Old Swanwick Colliery Branch Railway & Industrial Tramway Derbyshire

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  • @jetsons101
    @jetsons101 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    So Much History, So Little Time.......
    Thanks to Ant for helping to keep history alive and kicking......

  • @lancpudn
    @lancpudn 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    What a Gem of a YT channel this is, thank you for taking us on these history journeys.

  • @malcolmrichardson3881
    @malcolmrichardson3881 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Fascinating stuff. Amazingingly extensive network of former railway lines. Behind each of these networks are the industries and communities they once served. That's why I think these video's and related archive footage are so important.

  • @stephenharper9961
    @stephenharper9961 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you mate for bringing these to life, I have always believed in you to bring things to life though and you are knocking this out of the park

  • @thewhiteroom23
    @thewhiteroom23 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Another brilliant production. Really enjoyed it.

  • @goldenvalleylightrailway
    @goldenvalleylightrailway 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Very good, it is hard to get your head around just how much railway infrastructure that there was, and how it played out in time, it is fascinating to see.

  • @Flossy_tops
    @Flossy_tops 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Not living a million miles away, I just love your enthusiasm and slices of history you cram into these videos. Well done and thank you. Merry Christmas 🍻

  • @chrisbayly5457
    @chrisbayly5457 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So much history and so interesting as always Ant...

  • @railwaychristina3192
    @railwaychristina3192 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Merry Christmas and thank you for the great videos. Wishing you a peaceful..and video productive..New Year.🎉

  • @lindamccaughey6669
    @lindamccaughey6669 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great video Ant. Love seeing the old track area. Of course I love the bridges. Thanks for taking me along. Please take care 😊

  • @nickboden5866
    @nickboden5866 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Superb as always, you videos are always so inspiring on the past Railways. Look forward to your next footage.

  • @ianbolton9309
    @ianbolton9309 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Fantastic I'm glued to every video so well informed and narrated thank u so much and a happy Christmas to you 👍🤗

  • @gb4780
    @gb4780 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Simply brilliant

  • @shirleylynch7529
    @shirleylynch7529 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great trek. Beautiful apt music. Thank you Ant. Well done.

  • @johnburns5783
    @johnburns5783 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Lovely video again Ant. Great commentary too 👍👍

  • @bobingram6912
    @bobingram6912 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Ant, I've said it before sometime, (years ago probably now) your vids are crammed with great historic background, diagrams and B & W photos mixed in with enthusiasm and tongue in cheek comments that I feel I know the area, it's like a second home but I live miles away. You're doing a great job thank you very much👍👍👍👍👍 Oh, and I'm still liking your recently incorporated presenting, looks more professional. Your legs and my armchair make a great team, all the very best to you!!!!!😂😂😂😂

  • @KarenBilbie
    @KarenBilbie 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hi Ant, fantastic, even though I've lived round here all my life I've learned things from you that I didn't know! Thank you!

  • @jameshartley223
    @jameshartley223 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Superb video, grandparent lives in somercotes so very local. Brilliant information keep it up

  • @fhwolthuis
    @fhwolthuis 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Another top video, Ant. Thanks and Merry Christmas 🎄

  • @raywood569
    @raywood569 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Excellent video, always amazed and saddened by how easy industrial sights and workings get swept away. On a lighter note thar rail cutting was a bit snug. Always nice to see old pictures of times gone by
    Thanks once again, stay blessed

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      It did seem quite narrow at times. Thank you for watching 🙂

  • @marilynbalderstone696
    @marilynbalderstone696 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very interesting. Some of my mum’s family were miners from there many years ago. Many thanks.

  • @LKBRICKS1993
    @LKBRICKS1993 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Another great video Ant. Really interesting.

  • @a11csc
    @a11csc 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    brilliant

  • @jontaylor1652
    @jontaylor1652 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks Ant, great stuff again!

  • @Hedgerow-Media-UK
    @Hedgerow-Media-UK 5 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Have you ever done any trekking down here in East Kent? Back in the day, it was littered with collieries, many had railways and one had a cable conveyor going into the Dover Eastern Docks.

  • @ged8896
    @ged8896 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The object pictured at 6:21 is a concrete lamp standard. They were made at Stanton Ironworks concrete plant. There are still hundreds of them around the area albeit with metal replacement heads. Great video as usual Ant. Merry Christmas mate.

  • @seasideMARK1974
    @seasideMARK1974 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thumbs up another great video to watch over Xmas big thanks I’m original from Nottingham myself

  • @andywright3450
    @andywright3450 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Wonderful video ant

  • @michaelmiller641
    @michaelmiller641 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks for that fascinating video, Ant. I visited butterley centre a few years ago

  • @ste.h9825
    @ste.h9825 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As nother great cha😢pter in this series.Than7ks ❤ant.

  • @Jimyjames73
    @Jimyjames73 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hello @ 7:51 - There is a similar wooden post on the M. T. just the bottom half next to the entrance to 1 of the Tunnels!!! 😉🚂🚂🚂

  • @simonballard6413
    @simonballard6413 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks as always, Ant, for an interesting journey. Derbyshire has so much to explore, but how do you always know where to look?

  • @steve83803
    @steve83803 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just past the wooden bridge I live in the last house above the cutting. You should have called in for some tea Ant. 😀

  • @richardmarriott3437
    @richardmarriott3437 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    hi at sleetmoor lane the railway went underneath the road if you know where to look you can still see the remains of the old bridge it was a steep cutting as well .

  • @larx4074
    @larx4074 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Belting video Ant.......👍👍

  • @secretsquirrel6124
    @secretsquirrel6124 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hi have you got plans to look at the greenway in Ripley?

  • @sunnyjim1372
    @sunnyjim1372 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Tramway or railway? Actually both. If you look at the Midland Railway route maps, it shows that the MR Swanwick Branch only went as far as Swanwick Road. Thereafter, it remained a private tramway (and presumably NCB after nationalisation). This explains why there were exchange sidings on the tramway to the north, and a loop on the MR section. If you look at the one photograph of the crossing, you can see wagons in sidings at a higher level (presumably level, as opposed to the downward gradient of the line itself?) The remaining Swanwick Branch was used by MRT for pull and push shuttles on gala days - the last time I drove a train up there was October 2012, with one of the Port of Par locomotives.
    Did the tramway south of Swanwick Road operate at the same time as the MR branch? I don't personally think so, as there are no obvious bridges under the main line, nor the Swanwick Branch shown on any map, and the tramway is shown as closed. You can see on the ground where it joined the Butterley Tramway that is now part of the GVLR. Exactly when these tramways opened, and in what form is unclear, but we can assume they were originally horsedrawn plateways. I assume the first tramway to the Swanwick Collieries would have opened around the time of the first colliery exploited by the Butterley Works. Mining at Grumblethorpe (around where the footbridge crosses the MRT line in the Country Park) is supposed to date back 400 years.

  • @mg_breaker9361
    @mg_breaker9361 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    2017 was the last time I went up that branch in a train. I believe that may have been the last one.

  • @wideyxyz2271
    @wideyxyz2271 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

  • @TerryNutkins3
    @TerryNutkins3 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Cycled the path many times (I work nearby and family has lived in the area for decades) and it’s such a shame that the paths are in such a poor state around Butterley

  • @thatguyfromcetialphaV
    @thatguyfromcetialphaV 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I used to live not a 10 minute walk from there in Alfreton :)

  • @andrewmerriman7133
    @andrewmerriman7133 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Distant Signals did display yellow or green lights at night except the early versions which displayed red or green. A driver was expected to know which were Distant and which were stop signals after training and being passed out. The posts featured in this video are almost certainly NOT signal posts, in the locations of the posts any signals posts would be much shorter given line speeds, visibility and track geometry.

  • @Sazzygirl2794
    @Sazzygirl2794 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brilliant but ste and paul aka wobbly runner did this line 2 years ago

  • @dilwyn1
    @dilwyn1 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Brilliant Ant, very interesting video. Love the bit at the beginning, flying with birds !! Another video enhancement for the future maybe ??

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Yes I quite liked that I didn't see it until I got home

  • @StephenForster-z3m
    @StephenForster-z3m 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

  • @nathandiamond9754
    @nathandiamond9754 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Best channel on TH-cam,followed you since 2019 love it

  • @Taterviewer76
    @Taterviewer76 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Stop saying sleetwood!!! It's sleetmoor. And its crays hill rec not crays farm . The concrete lampost was installed in the 70s on the track to the landfill site that's now crays hill rec. (Renamed queen Elizabeth park a few years ago)
    Brick bridge supports are called piers, not stanchions.
    There wasn't a tramway on the latter section, it was a standard line .

    • @TrekkingExploration
      @TrekkingExploration  4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Gosh you're fun at parties I imagine. Thing is you can't really tell a video to stop saying something.... It's fixed permanently. Just don't watch it again then you won't hear it again

    • @Taterviewer76
      @Taterviewer76 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @TrekkingExploration twat, thing is your viewers are being told incorrect facts. Do better research beforehand. I ain't watching you again cos your an annoying dick. I hope I dont bump into you round there anytime soon.